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Tickets available for the AgTech Connect 2026 conference July 15-16
The conference will celebrate Midwest innovation and bring together stakeholders across agriculture, startups and venture capital to network about the tech ecosystem. AgTech Connect will be held on the Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln.
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New AgTech Innovation Map shows Nebraska’s startup ecosystem getting stronger despite few exits
The map, put together by Spur Ventures and The Combine, hopes to guide stakeholders through a rapidly expanding landscape of agtech startups and support organizations. The map shows growth in precision agriculture, robotics and animal health companies, but also the lack of irrigation and bioeconomy startups.
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Five Things: 2026 CANalytics conference for data scientists
Speakers encouraged attendees to be more strategic about product development, from a clear-headed approach to prototyping to knowing that AI tools need to be rigorously evaluated before being deployed.
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On 15th anniversary, the Business Innovation Act is a showcase for Nebraska government policy gone right
The BIA was enacted in 2011 to support Nebraska entrepreneurship and startup formation. The program was a big swing for the state and has proved to be an outsized success in catalyzing the startup ecosystem.
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A new report points to tangled infrastructure and regulatory issues in Nebraska’s energy crunch
The report, commissioned by the Nebraska Chamber Foundation and written by Aurora Energy Research, unpacks how much of Nebraska’s electricity constraints are outside of the state’s control. But across a regional power grid, a global delay in energy equipment and local permitting challenges, there are still ways local leaders can address growing demand.
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Two companies accepted into the first cohort of the Werner Enterprises startup accelerator
Werner is partnering with the Nebraska Startup Academy on the accelerator, meant to leverage the transportation giant’s resources to catalyze logistics startups. Startups will receive office space and support from both Werner and the NSA to get their ideas off the ground.
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‘A lighthouse in Nebraska’: How Lincoln-based Nelnet helped supercharge the local startup ecosystem
Nelnet is unique among the state’s corporate players in the way it supports early-stage startups. Since 2006, it has invested roughly $171 million into companies like Hudl and CompanyCam, boosting Nebraska’s innovation and helping the next generation of talent grow locally.
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An industry shift pushed universities to do more entrepreneurship. Tech transfer is learning to adapt
Companies want new technologies to be more developed and ready for market before they buy. As a result, tech transfer offices in Nebraska and across the Midwest have leaned into startups — changing the economics of how university innovation reaches the public.
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Behind the scenes, tech transfer orgs help Nebraska university innovation turn into startups
Nebraska’s entrepreneurship ecosystem is benefiting from startups that grow out of highly technical research at universities. Enabling that transition are tech transfer organizations that build relationships and infrastructure for complex work.
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Aging power supply, local barriers: All The Above Energy event digs into Nebraska’s energy crunch
Nebraska developers, utility staff, state policymakers and local government officials attended a Nebraska Chamber event in Norfolk to take stock of the state’s energy challenges. Meeting demand means navigating a tangle of regulatory hurdles and uncertainty around new power plant development.
Lev Gringauz
